fashion hoarders

Last year, when Jeana Sohn of one of my fave bookmarked blogs, Closet Visit, wanted to profile my closet, I had a major awakening. I realized my entire home was a closet. Clothing racks invaded every inch of my office (see above for proof), shoes doubled as "art" on bookshelves, and, yes, bags were forever in fear of being accidentally baked in the oven. Remember, people, I live in L.A., so I have space in spades, and zero excuses. Could I be a...fashion hoarder? After our shoot, where I carefully art directed around my organized piles of chaos, I realized it was time to bring in the big guns. Enter Christos Garkinos, of the divine consignment store Decades (and Dukes of Melrose fame), and Elizabeth Kott, behind online resale mecca Closet Rich, who both helped me realize that I was keeping clothes for every excuse under the sun ("But my daughter will thank me for this someday" about a random H&M dress, and "I wore that to an epic Beck concert 10 years ago" regarding a hideous fringed vest). When I watched myself fight tooth and nail to let inane things escape my cold, hard grip, I realized these read more